[Aavso-photometry] RE: DSI Pro]

[Justin Pryzby]

On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 09:27:22AM -0700, Michael Newberry wrote:
> Would you mind Emailing me one of the offending images to look at? I *might*
> be able to quickly put together a Mira file import plugin that would
> translate the bad keywords (when you save the image, the fixed keywordds
> save with it). Not a promise, because I don't know what is invovled
> yet---but I wouldn't mind checking it out.
I put an image at:

  http://justinpryzby.com/tmp/tw1.fts

Please let me know by private email when I can remove it.

Thanks,
Justin

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Skelly" <bruce at skelly.com>
> To: <aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] RE: DSI Pro]
> 
> 
> >Hi Justin,
> >
> >I reported this to Meade.  I sent them the output of the FITS verifier, 
> >along with the relevant
> >pages of the standard.  My contact said that he forwarded it onto 
> >engineering.  I don't think that
> >it would hurt if additional people were to report it.  I wish I had a 
> >trouble ticket number that I
> >could refer you to, but I don't.
> >
> >If you ever do have problems with a FITS file, the FITS Verifier is a 
> >quick way to verify that
> >your file complies with the standard.  It is at ( 
> >http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_verify.html )
> >
> >Yours,
> >
> >Bruce
> >--- Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >
> >>> Dear Mr.Fabrizio,
> >>> This is Nagai.
> >>>
> >>> I think, the DSI Pro is the good equipment.
> >>> And, the AutoStar makes the FITS file.
> >>> But, Photographing time is not included in the FITS file.
> >>It is there, but not written properly..
> >>
> >>I'm looking at a file from Freddy of Netherlands, soul on IRC,
> >>from some months back.  It has:
> >>
> >>  INSTRUME= 'Deep Sky Imager'    / Imager Model
> >>  TIME-OBS= '20:31:03'           / UTC Time
> >>  DATE-OBS= '01/10/2005'         / UTC Date
> >>  EXPTIME =                  16. / Total Exposure Time
> >>
> >>I suspect that the reason some software might not know the date of
> >>exposure is because the new and recommended format for date of
> >>observation is in the style: 2005-12-30T23:59:58.
> >>
> >>The exposure time is typically in seconds
> >>
> >>The D/M/Y format is not allowed by the FITS standard [0] for files
> >>written after January 1, 2000.  Also, I note that the DSI software is
> >>using a 4 digit year where a 2 digit year is expected.
> >>
> >>Justin
> >>
> >>References
> >>
> >>[0] 
> >>http://archive.stsci.edu/fits/fits_standard/node40.html#SECTION00942000000000000000